Geoffrey Hill Quotes
I think art has a right — not an obligation — to be difficult if it wishes. And, since people generally go on from this to talk about elitism versus democracy, I would add that genuinely difficult art is truly democratic.
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We are presented with a unique situation in the black community in that we have embraced the beauty of hip hop, the real rawness of it, the real fun of it, but we also have to address the damage it has done. We have to look at what it's done to our black girls, especially when it comes to domestic violence.
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If you saw pictures of me as a kid, you'd laugh because I was always in football kit.
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I made nothing happen very slowly.
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The Sherman Act is similar in the economics sphere to the Bill of Rights in the personal sphere.
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I would be content if I had nothing but a tape-recorder. I could still write songs and record them.
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Through the years I have seen myself as a peaceful person, but the awareness of the anger is part of that process.
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I don't like the word 'urban' because I think it's a bit of a generalisation and they use it to class music, but I don't think it's a word that necessarily classes music.
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When it is good, theatre takes a lot of beating both to watch and perform.
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Phone networks can capture life on our planet.
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I was sure I wanted to grow up to be either a veterinarian or a writer. In fact, I worked for a vet during high school, doing everything from cleaning cages to assisting in surgery.
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My father didn't know his real name. My father got his name from his grandfather and he got his name from his grandfather and he got it from the slave master.
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I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me. The only person I could prepare for events was me. And if I didn't play well, I didn't play well, and I wasn't going to compete.
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Metaphorically, every vagina has secret teeth, for the male exits as less than when he entered. The basic mechanics of conception require action in the male but nothing more than passive receptivity in the female.
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Vol. II, Alfred A. Knopf, 1928, p. 462
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To him, a stilted geometric love of arrangement was 'system,' an indefatigable and feverish interest in the pettiest facets of day-to-day bureaucracy was 'industry,' indecision when right was 'caution,' and blind stubbornness when wrong, 'determination.'
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Your source material is the people you know, not those you don't know, but every character is an extension of the author's own personality.
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I'm obsessed with the vegan beauty brand RMS - their concealer is amazing.
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Because I work with so many people on the east coast, I get some work done before I get the kids up.
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I'd like to know how to play the guitar.
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I get a bit depressed if I walk into a restaurant and see shark-fin soup on the menu.
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I mean, I had probably an illusion of being the wife that, you know, I wanted to create a home. I wanted to have children. I wanted him to be a husband. It was never going to be that way. It couldn't be that way.
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Not that there is anything wrong with confessional songwriting, there are plenty of people that do that I admire. I think it is great, it just isn't how I do things.
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I think most of the best new work is intended to have much more impact at once.
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I think art has a right — not an obligation — to be difficult if it wishes. And, since people generally go on from this to talk about elitism versus democracy, I would add that genuinely difficult art is truly democratic.
